I heard a rumor that is most likely false, but I just wanted to share. As many of you may know, RMC redesigned their custom trains and redid the seatbelt / lap bar system. The new Lighting Rod (@ Dollywood), trains will have ratcheting strap seat belts and the lap bars won't actually come down until the seat belt is locked in place. This will fix a lot of the loading issues and will greatly increase riders per hour on that ride. I heard from a guy that RMC may also be doing this to some of their other coasters that they have already manufactured. However, I feel like this is false due to Six Flags's previous track record with this kind of stuff, they don't really care! I do believe that if they did decide to change and implement this system onto the Goliath trains, it would stop the issue of people pulling down their lap bars before fastening their seat belts, which would greatly increase riders per hour on Goliath. We have seen RMC re-customize some of their trains before, (i.e.: Outlaw Run with the newer shin guards). What do you guys think about this idea? I'm all for it, but the likeliness of this happening seems pretty slim. It is a rumor after all!

On the SF App, it has a new restaurant called the Treasure Chest. It'll have Mai Tais, Nachos, and beer. Based off of the options, I assume it'll be in Southwest Territory. Also, it says nothing on Wizzer Pretzels(or a replacement) or Aunt Martha's and Oasis' rennovations.

Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:On the SF App, it has a new restaurant called the Treasure Chest. It'll have Mai Tais, Nachos, and beer. Based off of the options, I assume it'll be in Southwest Territory. Also, it says nothing on Wizzer Pretzels(or a replacement) or Aunt Martha's and Oasis' rennovations.

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Treasure Chest is a snack stand near Skull Island in Hurricane Harbor.

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Jacklw6499 wrote:I heard a rumor that is most likely false, but I just wanted to share. As many of you may know, RMC redesigned their custom trains and redid the seatbelt / lap bar system. The new Lighting Rod (@ Dollywood), trains will have ratcheting strap seat belts and the lap bars won't actually come down until the seat belt is locked in place. This will fix a lot of the loading issues and will greatly increase riders per hour on that ride. I heard from a guy that RMC may also be doing this to some of their other coasters that they have already manufactured. However, I feel like this is false due to Six Flags's previous track record with this kind of stuff, they don't really care! I do believe that if they did decide to change and implement this system onto the Goliath trains, it would stop the issue of people pulling down their lap bars before fastening their seat belts, which would greatly increase riders per hour on Goliath. We have seen RMC re-customize some of their trains before, (i.e.: Outlaw Run with the newer shin guards). What do you guys think about this idea? I'm all for it, but the likeliness of this happening seems pretty slim. It is a rumor after all!

The retractable seat belts would really be the only thing that would help improve capacity with the current operations procedures at that ride. Only difference would be buckling/unbuckling would be a little quicker and there would be fewer twisted seatbelts. The lap bars currently don't lock until all four seatbelts in a car have been checked anyway. Most of Goliath's capacity issues stem from the way restraints are checked. So while these changes would theoretically improve capacity, in reality it wouldn't make much of a difference.

^Devil Dash happens before the park opens. Race starts at 8, and should end around 10. Black Light Run and Color Vibe Run will take place when the park isn't even open(Color Vibe before the park opens for the season, Black Light on a Friday). Both are essentially the same, but Color Vibe is in the day, Blacklight is at night.

^Not really, our school partnered with SF for this year, and they wanted us to help redo the newsletter to get more employees to read it. I should've said "Me and my group." Sorry, all of this is very exciting.